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Derek Brunson: “I Pretty Much Fell In Love With Trying To Knock People Out Really Quick”

Derek Brunson returns to the octagon a week from Saturday at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, NY. His opponent that night? A candidate for the “greatest of all time” moniker in legendary former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. It’s no easy match-up for Brunson, who enters the night coming off a loss to Robert Whittaker this past […]

Derek Brunson returns to the octagon a week from Saturday at UFC 208 in Brooklyn, NY. His opponent that night? A candidate for the “greatest of all time” moniker in legendary former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. It’s no easy match-up for Brunson, who enters the night coming off a loss to Robert Whittaker this past […]

Anderson Silva Wants To Conquer Hollywood Next

‘The Spider’ has his eyes set on gold once again – Oscar gold that is. Ahead of his scheduled co-main event meeting with Derek Brunson at UFC 208 live on pay-per-view (PPV) next month (Sat. February 11, 2017), Anderson Silva recently spoke to Combate (via Bloody Elbow) and revealed that he has aspirations to take the film

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‘The Spider’ has his eyes set on gold once again – Oscar gold that is.

Ahead of his scheduled co-main event meeting with Derek Brunson at UFC 208 live on pay-per-view (PPV) next month (Sat. February 11, 2017), Anderson Silva recently spoke to Combate (via Bloody Elbow) and revealed that he has aspirations to take the film industry by storm next. The former UFC middleweight king said he has a few auditions lined up in Hollywood, and has even sold a script for a TV show to Netflix:

“My biggest dream, right now, is to maybe win an Oscar,” Silva said. “I got some auditions to do in Hollywood. I wrote a script for a series and Netflix bought it, thank God. I got other projects apart from fighting. It was always my dream to become an action movie actor. I have been studying that for a while and now things are finally happening.”

When prodded for more information regarding his script Silva admitted the show has yet to be named, but he has been working on the project for quite some time now while simultaneously juggling the life of a professional athlete:

“It’s an action show, but it has nothing to do with fighting,” Silva said. “It doesn’t have a name yet, we’re still adapting it to script and we’ll settle on a name once it’s all done. I had to stop for awhile, but I’m always working on it, you know, it’s annoying. I’m always writing, putting ideas on paper, before I go to bed and after I wake up.”

After conquering the UFC’s middleweight division for seven years during his heyday, could Silva be the next big thing for the action film industry following the conclusion of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career?

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Anderson Silva Praises ‘Dynamic’ Opponent Derek Brunson

Former UFC 185-pound champ Anderson Silva is set to make his Octagon return next month (Saturday, February 11, 2017) when he takes on No. 8-ranked Derek Brunson in the co-main event of UFC 208 live on pay-per-view (PPV). Silva recently spoke to Sportv (via Bloody Elbow) to discuss his upcoming match-up with Brunson, stating he needs

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Former UFC 185-pound champ Anderson Silva is set to make his Octagon return next month (Saturday, February 11, 2017) when he takes on No. 8-ranked Derek Brunson in the co-main event of UFC 208 live on pay-per-view (PPV).

Silva recently spoke to Sportv (via Bloody Elbow) to discuss his upcoming match-up with Brunson, stating he needs to be very careful inside the Octagon against his ‘dynamic’ adversary:

“He’s very young and that helps a lot. But we don’t usually focus on an opponent’s strong suits, we look for their weak spots. We need to be very careful around him, because he’s so dynamic. He has very good wrestling, so we are training a lot of ground techniques and we are working on what I do best. Footwork, movement and using my experience.

“My patience and timing will help me focus on my specialty, which is my striking. It’ll be a very interesting fight to test everything we have been drilling and training over the years. He’s so dynamic and never stands still.”

Silva comes off of a unanimous decision loss to current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 this past July, marking ‘The Spider’s’ fourth consecutive loss. Silva’s January 2015 win over Nick Diaz was overturned to a No Contest after the Brazilian tested positive for a banned substance following the bout.

‘The Spider’s’ last victory came in a light heavyweight contest against the now-retired Stephan Bonnar in October of 2012, when he finished the bout with a first round knockout after a nasty knee to the body.

Brunson comes off of a first round knockout loss to Robert Whittaker in November, having his five-fight win streak snapped that stretched back to August of 2014. Prior to his loss to Whittaker, Brunson had finished four of those five wins via first round knockout.

How do you see the bout between Silva and Brunson going down?

Silva and Brunson will meet in the co-main event of UFC 208 live on PPV, from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, February 11, 2017.

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Gegard Mousasi Blasts UFC For Silva vs. Brunson

Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to make his Octagon return, when he takes on No. 8-ranked Derek Brunson at UFC 209. One man who has been campaigning for a shot at ‘The Spider’ for quite some time, however, is former Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi, who tells FOX Sports (via MMA Mania) that

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Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to make his Octagon return, when he takes on No. 8-ranked Derek Brunson at UFC 209.

One man who has been campaigning for a shot at ‘The Spider’ for quite some time, however, is former Strikeforce champion Gegard Mousasi, who tells FOX Sports (via MMA Mania) that the UFC didn’t give him the match-up with the former Brazilian champ because his name isn’t big enough:

“I wanted to fight Anderson (Silva) and the UFC said ‘well you don’t have a big enough name’ but now he’s fighting Derek Brunson,” Mousasi said. “Luke Rockhold is injured but I see him training all the time. Chris Weidman doesn’t pick up his phone. The UFC offered him that fight a couple of times. (Robert) Whittaker wants to go on holiday for seven months. I don’t know what he’s up to. I’m looking for a fight.”

Mousasi is currently on a four-fight win streak over names such as Thales Leites, Thiago Santos, Vitor Belfort, and most recently Uriah Hall. The Dutchman has has finished three of those four wins with a knockout finish and is making a case for a title opportunity down the road.

Is Mousasi vs. Silva a match-up that interests you? And who do you think ‘The Dreamcatcher’ should step into the Octagon with next?

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Derek Brunson Doesn’t Expect Anderson Silva to Showboat at UFC 208

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J-tybQj5Ds&feature=youtu.be&t=6904

A middleweight bout between future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer Anderson Silva and Derek Brunson is set for UFC 208. The event will be held inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Feb. 11.

Brunson took to MMAFighting.com’s “The MMA Hour” (via MMAMania.com) to discuss his upcoming fight with “The Spider.” The Jackson-Wink MMA fighter isn’t counting on catching Silva with his hands down while taunting:

“I don’t expect him out there dropping his hands, pulling his head back because if one of these punches catches you on the chin, it’s lights out. I expect the best Anderson Silva and I don’t think he will play with me, I don’t think he will toy with me like he does other guys because I can explode in and touch his chin. All it takes is one shot and I am sure his camp is like, ‘This guy can crack you.”

The confidence Brunson has in his power isn’t unfounded. Of his 16 professional wins, eight of them have come by knockout. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that half of his knockouts have been against UFC competition.

Brunson believes Silva has respect for his power. Despite his antics against Chris Weidman in their first encounter, Silva won’t be showboating if things go the way Brunson sees it.

“He’s not going to be doing what he did against Weidman. And he won’t be doing what he looked like he did against Cormier. He had nothing to lose against Cormier, so he went into that fight completely out of shape.”

UFC 208’s main event will feature the inaugural women’s featherweight title bout. Former women’s 135-pound title holder Holly Holm will look to capture a second UFC title when she meets Germaine de Randamie. Plus, Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will battle Tim Boetsch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J-tybQj5Ds&feature=youtu.be&t=6904

A middleweight bout between future Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer Anderson Silva and Derek Brunson is set for UFC 208. The event will be held inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Feb. 11.

Brunson took to MMAFighting.com’s “The MMA Hour” (via MMAMania.com) to discuss his upcoming fight with “The Spider.” The Jackson-Wink MMA fighter isn’t counting on catching Silva with his hands down while taunting:

“I don’t expect him out there dropping his hands, pulling his head back because if one of these punches catches you on the chin, it’s lights out. I expect the best Anderson Silva and I don’t think he will play with me, I don’t think he will toy with me like he does other guys because I can explode in and touch his chin. All it takes is one shot and I am sure his camp is like, ‘This guy can crack you.”

The confidence Brunson has in his power isn’t unfounded. Of his 16 professional wins, eight of them have come by knockout. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that half of his knockouts have been against UFC competition.

Brunson believes Silva has respect for his power. Despite his antics against Chris Weidman in their first encounter, Silva won’t be showboating if things go the way Brunson sees it.

“He’s not going to be doing what he did against Weidman. And he won’t be doing what he looked like he did against Cormier. He had nothing to lose against Cormier, so he went into that fight completely out of shape.”

UFC 208’s main event will feature the inaugural women’s featherweight title bout. Former women’s 135-pound title holder Holly Holm will look to capture a second UFC title when she meets Germaine de Randamie. Plus, Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will battle Tim Boetsch.

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